DJSI: Are You Using the Ruggie Yet?

Harvard professor John Ruggie is widely recognized as one of the most influential political scientists of these times. Being the representative for Business and Human Rights at the United Nations, Ruggie developed The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, better known as the Ruggie framework.

Sustainability and Rankings: Using KPIs for Benchmarking and Implementation

For the occasion of our 15 year anniversary, Finch & Beak organised an exclusive Senior Executive lunch on 14 March in Antwerp with De Baak. Topic of the event was how to make better use of rankings and benchmarks with the implementation of sustainability.

Institutional Investors Are Becoming More Sustainable

The estimated size of the global market for Responsible Investing (RI) was €7,6 billion in 2010 (EUROSIF). Some more key facts: Europe owns 66% of the global RI assets, USA 28% and Canada 5%. European RI assets are for 92% owned by institutional investors and the top 5 countries in Responsible Investing are France, UK, Norway, Netherlands and Italy. But what exactly is RI?

Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2011: Telenet Proud Member of World Index

On September 8, 2011, the results of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes 2011 were announced. Telenet, Belgium's leading provider of broadband cable services, for the first time became a member of the DJSI. This makes Telenet currently the sole Belgian company in the World Index and the second European cable operator to be included in the index.

Effective reporting: transparency and (inter)action

Lengthy annual reports, technical CSR abstracts and irrelevant sustainability reporting are history. Reporting needs to become more transparent, more efficient en needs to better adapt to the information needs of the consumer. New communication platforms such as Facebook are used more and more to report on sustainability.

Preventing Spankings from Rankings

Naming and shaming is increasingly regarded as an effective way to progress the sustainability of sectors and individual organizations. Therefore the global drive for sustainability is progressively leading to the emergence of green rankings.

Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2010: AkzoNobel and Philips not the green leaders

The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) indicates for many years now the governance, environmental and social performance of multinationals listed on the Dow Jones. This makes the DJSI the benchmark for sustainable development at large companies. The index is a ‘best in class rating’ that creates a sense of urgency to focus on sustainability and stimulates a competitive environment.

Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2009 Results

SAM, the asset management organization focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, together with Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd announced the results of the 2009 annual review for the Dow Jones Sustainability and Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability indexes on September 3.

TNT Remains Highest Scoring Company in Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2008

TNT confirms its social leadership in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) for the industrial transportation sector and the super sector ‘industrial goods and services.’ In addition, TNT reached the highest score of all companies included in the DJSI for the second year in a row. These are the conclusions of a report recently published in Zurich by SAM, which assessed the sustainability reporting and performance of over 1,100 companies.

Our clients

Finch & Beak works for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to family-owned, all across Europe. Building on over 25 years of experience in sustainability consulting, we have worked in a wide range of sectors and collaborate with organizations such as IMD, S&P Global and PRé Sustainability.